DUBAI: Bahrain’s appeals court sentenced the head of the country’s Shiite opposition movement to jail for life Sunday over charges of spying for rival Gulf state Qatar, a judicial source said. Sheikh Ali Salman,

Tehran, Iran - Sporting a blonde wig, red tie and an ill-fitting blue suit, a slightly overweight man took to the stage and began working the small crowd as if in a campaign rally. But

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered parliament to reconvene in 10 days, drawing sharp criticism from the party of the country's sacked prime minister which decried it as "too

In under 12 hours, the US will reimpose some of its toughest sanctions yet on Iran. All measures lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal will be reimposed, despite Tehran's compliance with the agreement. The

Warning: This report contains some disturbing images. The UN Children's Fund is calling on the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen to allow aid deliveries to reach starving people. The director of UNICEF

Floods in Italy have killed 12 more people in the southern island of Sicily, taking the week's death toll past 30, according to authorities. The latest deaths on Sunday include nine members of two

‘Hezbollah needs to be eliminated,’ UAE tycoon Al-Habtoor tells Arab-US policymakers conference DUBAI: The world needs to take firm action against Iran, targeting the leadership of Hezbollah, the UAE business tycoon Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The lights are going back on in the Gaza Strip, in a rare piece of positive news from the blockaded Palestinian enclave.In recent days, residents say they have received up

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The lights are going back on in the Gaza Strip, in a rare piece of positive news from the blockaded Palestinian enclave.In recent days, residents say they have received up

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered parliament to reconvene in 10 days, drawing sharp criticism from the party of the country's sacked prime minister which decried it as "too